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About the Role

As Clerk of Works, you will be the expert eyes and ears on the ground, ensuring that Major Works are realised as envisioned by the City Council. You will lead on the oversight, inspection, and assurance of Major Works across allocated estates, combining deep technical inspection with creative problem-solving. You will also conduct detailed surveys, prevent resident disruption, mitigate risks, and improve costs, ensuring all works meet the highest standards.

Responsibilities

Lead on the oversight, inspection, and assurance of Major Works across allocated estates.
Establish a continuous visible presence at sites.
Conduct detailed surveys on sites and stock conditions.
Create evidence-based reports on risks, options, and recommendations.
Ensure compliance with contract drawings, specifications, statutory standards, conservation, and health and safety requirements.
Work with the Commercial team to validate valuations, approving only compliant work.
Identify and resolve issues before payment.
Provide accurate cost data to Leasehold Services for service charge billing.
Prepare clear, evidence-based responses for queries or tribunal cases.
Translate real-time site intelligence into improvements in standards, contracts, and resident experience.
Communicate professional, consistent, and solution-focused messages to service providers, consultants, and residents.
Translate technical issues into plain language and deescalate conflict.
Develop tailored plans for sensitive cases in collaboration with Resident Liaison Officers.
Attend sites and resident meetings across Westminster City, including out of hours work.

Requirements

Worked with seniority as the sole Clerk of Works for a Housing or Capital Major Works delivery.
Significant experience in inspecting works and quality assuring delivery.
Delivered on value for money in capital delivery through procurement, contractor performance management, scope, change, and quality control.
Experience confirming Building Regulations/Building Safety Act and other relevant statutory and regulatory and best practice guidance compliance.
Strong contract management skills, having administered and assured performance under construction contracts (JCT, NEC).
Managed change control, disputes, and compliance.
Set and reviewed service provider improvement plans with measurable KPIs and contract levers.
Ability to deliver results under pressure, time constraints, and limited resources.
Understand budget and resource management, including monitoring expenditure and forecasting.
Prepared detailed written reports on technical issues.
Experience of computerised record keeping.
Track record of embedding the Equality Act into services and housing projects.
Tailored services for vulnerable residents.
Ensured outcomes are accessible, representative, and responsive to diverse communities.
Worked with councillors, contractors, consultants, and residents.
Ability to communicate technical content to non-experts.
Physically able to work at height and perform manual labour.
Detail-orientated, technically minded, superb communicator, and intent on embedding inclusivity into work.

Skills

Technical inspection
Creative problem-solving
Site surveys
Risk mitigation
Cost improvement
Report writing
Contract management
Valuation validation
Communication
Conflict de-escalation
Budget management
Resource management
Equality Act embedding
Collaboration

Location

Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6PQ

Work Type

Permanent
Full-time

Experience Level

Seniority as sole Clerk of Works
Significant experience in inspecting works and quality assuring delivery
Experience confirming Building Regulations/Building Safety Act compliance
Strong contract management skills
Experience of computerised record keeping

Education Level

HNC/HND, degree or NVQ Level 6 (or equivalent) in construction, building, surveying or site inspection
Membership of the Institute of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate

Salary/Compensations

£58,299 - £79,410 per annum

Benefits

Encouragement of personal development
Flexible working patterns
Agile working

About the Company

Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories where dedicated and compassionate professionals bring everything to their work.
Westminster is an amazing place, home to over 200,000 residents and over 50,000 businesses.
Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making.
We build a more inclusive city that celebrates diverse communities, where residents, workers, and visitors from all backgrounds feel welcome and safe.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.
We aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
We champion equality, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing.
We aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging, and is empowered to be their best.
As a forward-thinking Council, we appreciate that people work in different ways.

Equal Opportunity

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace.
Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce.
We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM) background.
We will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer.
If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job.
If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.